Curtain-support.



' H. ERVIEN.

CURTA'LN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION mLnL NOV. 22, mm.

1,120,609. Patented Dec. 8,1914.

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H. ERVIBN.

CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1913.

l 1 ,GUQ. Patented Dec. 8, 1914 2 SHEETS-33:2 :22.

HORACE ERVIEN, E OGONTZ, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed November 22, 1913. Serial No. 802,437.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, T'TORACE E'RVIEN, acitizen of the United States, residing in Ogontz, county of Montgomery,State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Iniprovenients inCurtain-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the means for supportingthe door curtains of an automobile of the touring car type having a topwith movable side curtains.

In a prior patent granted to me on the tenth day of December, 1912, No,1,Od7,017f, I have shown a post for supportin' the door curtains maderemovable froin t e socket.

at the free end of the door. I

One object of my invention is to arrange the post so that it is notremovable, but caii be turned and locked in position at the inside ofthe door.

Another object of the invention is to utilize this post, when located onthe side of a door, as a handle therefor. r

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of suflicient ofan automobile of the touring type to illustrate my invention; Fig. 2 isa sectional plan view on the line u iz, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a door showing the post in the upright position; Fig. 4 is asimilar view of the door, showing the post located on the insidet'hercof and in position to be used as a handle; Fig. 5 is a viewlooking from the inside of the door, showing the post in the uprightposition and locked to the door; Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view.showing the post in a position similar to Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a plan View,showing the post shifted to the inside of the door and ready to beturneddown to the position shown in Fig. 4; l igs'. Sarrd Q are'perspective views illustrating modifications of the invention in whichthe bearing is loeated on top of the door; Fighld is a view illustratinganother modification illustrating the'post in an upright position; Fig.1l is a rear view of the door SllOWlIlf' the modification illustrated inFig. 10, with the post at the back of the door; Fig. 12 is a, sectionalview on the line bb. Fig. l; and Fig. 13 is a view illustrating the postmade in two parts lunged together.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of an automobile, of anysuitable type, and 2 is the door. This door, in the present instance, ishinged at the forward end at 3, 3, but it will be understood that thedoor ma be hinged at the rear without departing from the essentialfeatures of theinvent-i on. The door may be of any suitabletypea'ccording to thestyle of the automobi 4. is the touring car top, whichcan be Arranged to fold in the ordinary manner, or a fixed open top maybe substituted, as desired. The top, in the present instance, issupported by the ordinary bows 5.

6 is the rear curtain.

7 is the forward curtain and 8 is the curta'in directly above the door2, This door curtain 8 moves out with the door when the door is opened.In the present instance. the door curtain 8 underlaps tlie forwardcurtain 7 and overlaps the rear curtain G. The curtain has a flexiblemetallic band at its upper end, as at 9, and a socket 10 for thereception of the end ofa vertical post 11 and is secured to thedepending portion of the top 4 at 12. The ciirtain has a socket 13 atits free end for the reception of the post 11, but this construction maybe modified without departing froin the spirit of the invention. Thecurtain is secured to the door byiastening's 14, as shown, so that whenthe door is opened, as above noted, the curtain is carried with it,giving suiiicient head room for a person to enter or leave the car.

My invention relates to the'means' for mounting the post on the door andthe devices above described may be modified without departing from theessential features of the invention. I g t The post 11 is bent at thelower end, is shown at 15, and has a screw threaded portion 16 whichenters a rotating hub 17 in a Hearing 18 located at the inner side ofthe door near "he ipper edge and is arran ed tb tra el in a siot 19 inthe bearing. he ends of the slot form stops to limit the iiiovement oi?the post in either direction. In the bottom ofthe bearing 18 is, asocket 20 to receive the end 91 of the screw threaded portion 16 of thepost so that when the post is raised and turned into position toproperly support the curtain, the end 21 of the post enters the socket20 and locksthe post in its Vertical position to the hearing,

'but as scenes the post is turned to the rear of the door, then the end21 is withdrawn from the socket and the post is free to be turned downto the position illustrated in Fig. 4, and the end of the post engages aclamp 22, of any suitable type, which holds the post rigidly in itslower position.

The post, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. *2, projects from the innerside of the door a sufiicient distance to act as a handle for 7, thatthe portion 23 of the post is fiat and the slot 19 is slightly taperedso that when the post is lowered it is prevented from turning in thebearing.

In some instances, the post may be'made in two sections hinged together,as in Fig. 13, where itis of such a length that it cannot be locatedback of the door, but in the majority of cases the post will be of suchlength that it can rest in a diagonal position, as shown in Fig. 4;.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown the bearings 18* located at the top ofthe door 2 instead of at the side and the post 11 has a stem mounted ina swivel hub having a vertical axis, which can be turned freely in thebearing.

In Figs. 10 and 11, I have illustrated another form of post ll having astem extend ing through a hub 17 swiveled in the hearing plate 18". Thestem forms a bolt which is actuated by a spring and engages a socket 20in the bearing. When the post is in the elevated position, as shown inFig. 10,- a cam on the end of the hub 1'? engages the post 11 and liftsit when the post is turned so that it can be turned down to the positionillustrated in Fig. 11, the projection of the bearing acting as a stopfor the post.

It will be seen by the above construction that I am enabled to make apost for sup porting the door curtains of an automobile which need notbe removed from the door when the curtains are dispensed with and whichcan be turned and located at the back' of the door, forming a handletherefor, although, in some instances, the'post may fit tightly againstthe door, being hidden by any suitable flap secured thereto, if desired.

1 claim:

1. The combination of a vehicle body; a door hinged thereto; a bearingsecured to the inner side of the upper portion of the door; a postmounted in the hearing so as to turn therein in a plane substantiallypar allel with the side of the door in order that the post may be movedto a vertical position to carry a curtain or may be lowered to rest onthe inside of the door below the upper edge thereof.

2. The combination of a vehicle body; a door hinged thereto and arrangedto swing outward; a curtain supporting post pivoted to swing upon anaxis which is transverse of the door, said post being on the inside ofthe door at the upper portion thereof and adapted to be turned into anupright position to support a curtain, or to be turned to anotherposition at the inner side of the door.

8. The combination of a vehicle body; a door hinged thereto; a hearingat the upper, outer edge of the door; a hub mounted in the bearing; apost having a curved and a straight portion swiveled in the hub so that,when the post is raised to a vertical position, it will project over theside of'the door and will be in position to support the curtain carriedby the door and, when turned and lowered, will be in position below theupper edge of the door.

l. The combination in a vehicle door, of a bearing thereon having a slottherein: a hub mounted to turn in the bearing; a post bent at one endand located so as to swivel in the hub so that the post can be turnedeither into the upright position or into a position below the edge ofthe door.

5. The combination in a vehicle door, of a bearing at the outer edgethereof and near the upper end; a post pivotally mounted in the hearingso that it can be turned either into a vertical position at the edge ofthe door or at an inclined position on the inner side of the door; withmeans for clamping the post in the inclined position so that it will berigid with the door and will act as a handle therefor.

6. The combination in a vehicle door, of a bearing mounted on the freeend of the door having a slot therein; a hub mounted in the bearing; athreaded transverse openin in the hub; a post having a threadedprojecting portion adapted to the threaded opening in the postandarranged to travel in the slot in the bearing, the hearing having asocket for the reception of the end of the post when the post is in theupright position, and, when the post is turned and lowered, the postwill be withdrawn from the socket.

7. The combination'of a vehicle door; a bearing on the inner side of thedoor directly below the upper edge, said bearing having a slot; a hubmounted in the bearing having a threaded transverse opening; a post forsupporting the door curtain and having a threaded portion arrangedtoenter the threaded opening in the hub, said bearing having a sockettherein to receive the In'teStiinony whereof, I-have signed my end ofthe post when the post is in the upname t'0'-this specification, in thepresence right position, the post havin a' flattened of two subscribingwitnesses- A portion bearing against the we 1 of the slot 0 when thepost is lowered, so as to prevent Witnesses:

the post from turning when it acts as a J0e. H. KLEIN, handle for thedoor. WM. A. BARR.

HORACE ERVIEN

